Witness History: Archive 2012 - The death of the Kabaka of Buganda

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In November 1969 the first President of Uganda, Edward Mutesa, died in exile in London.

He had been forced to flee his homeland by Milton Obote.

He died in a small flat in Bermondsey - and his friends still dispute the reasons for his death.

Photo: The Kabaka Edward Mutesa II with Pope Pius XII in 1951. AFP/GettyImages

Published on Wednesday, 21st November 2012.

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